Comments about ‘BYU basketball: BYU releases non-conference schedule’

BYU needs to stop scheduling Utah for basektball, since Utah thinks there to
good for them now in football, I would concur that BYU is better than Utah in
basketball and there is little to no reason to play that team anymore, they just
hurt your RPI.

Two losses max. Baylor and ND or whoever they play for the championship game in
the Coaches vs. Cancer classic. Could win that one but not Baylor. Utes will
pose a significant challenge... staying awake and up to watch the game.

Wow, after seeing how pathetic Utah's schedule is this year I never
would've thought BYU's would rival it. Turns out it does. It'll
be interesting to see some preseason SOS rankings. With where Utah's
program currently is I can sort of understand why they scheduled the way they
did this year. But for Rose to schedule like he has with a program that is
supposedly humming along at a nice speed, well, I just don't get it.

I'm not sure how playing Utah in the preseason helps the Cougars. If you
win, it hurts your RPI and if you lose, then it hurts your RPI and counts as a
bad loss...we probably shouldn't schedule such an inferior team in the
future.

as a NY resident I'm happy about the Brooklyn games, but I think its an
underwhelming schedule. We don't know completely in advance how good each
team will be, but Iowa State and Baylor both figure to be weaker than they were
last season (based on who they lost to the draft). Definitely not a
Gonzaga-type non-conference schedule. I don't think we ought to dump
Utah completely from the schedule but we ought to play them in the Dec. 18th
slot (instead of the D-II team E.N.M.) and find another quality D-I team to play
while dumping the D-II game.

not sure if BYU will be black-listed forever by MWC teams but one way to upgrade
the non-conference schedule is if BYU could get some series with some MWC teams
like New Mexico, UNLV, or SDSU. SDSU might be a greater possibility in the
future because starting next season they are bailing on the MWC and will be
playing in a weaker conference and therefore might need to find more ooomph for
their non-conference schedule just like BYU does.

Lot of people here acting like someone turned them down for the junior prom. The
fact that Utah chooses to play Michigan twice instead of BYU in those years in
football should have no impact on basketball scheduling. Sure it's a gimme
game and the whole schedule needs to be upgraded, but boycotting the Utes makes
it seems like we are just reacting to what they did rather than just taking care
of our own business in a proactive fashion. Why should we throw a tantrum over
what Chris Hill did - especially because he is working under pressure from the
PAC-12. Acting hurt by what Utah does looks like we are co-dependent, when in
fact we have a pretty good program and should call our own shots.

Next to Northern Arizona, Utah is the weakest opponent on BYU's schedule
and will do nothing for their (BYU's) RPI. There is a very strong case for
dropping Utah from the schedule. BYU promises to be a basketball power for the
forseeable future while Utah struggles for relevance in a very weak PAC12
conference. Utah's refusal to play BYU in football makes the decision to
drop them from the basketball schedule even easier. Just do it.

hey guys thanks for posting the rpi stats - that was interesting and added to
the conversation. But BYU is not going to play all 3 of Florida St., St.
Josephs, and Notre Dame. They will just play 2 of those 3 teams. So according
to your accounting BYU has only 6 OOC games scheduled against teams from the
last seasons top 100 rpi. And Utah is third-to-last not second-to-last on the
rpi list from last year. Utah is going to improve at least somewhat...no way
they consistently stay as bad as they were last year. I think its good to
schedule the in-state schools just to keep traveling down. In that sense, it
seems like it would be worth it to schedule a game sometime against UVU instead
of a D-II team like Eastern New Mexico.